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Portuguese drawing artists

Drawing can be preparation, record or final work. A line measures, describes, imagines and erases. In the archive, drawing appears alongside painting, illustration, print and practices using paper, text and repetition.

How to explore this discipline

Looking at drawings means following decisions at close range. Pressure, speed, interval and the relationship between mark and emptiness make a process of attention visible. Even the simplest image can condense many attempts.

Compare autonomous drawings with works by the same artists in other disciplines. What remains when support, scale and technique change?